With one week remaining in the 2014 regular season, at least four teams will advance to the playoffs after missing the postseason in 2013 – Arizona (11-4), Dallas(11-4), Detroit (11-4) and Pittsburgh (10-5). Since the 12-team playoff format was adopted in 1990, at least four teams have qualified for the playoffs in every season that were not in the postseason the year before.

Three additional teams that missed the playoffs last season are still in contention for a trip to Super Bowl XLIX – Atlanta (6-9), Baltimore (9-6), and Houston (8-7).

With one touchdown pass against Oakland on Sunday, Manning will reach the 40-touchdown mark for the third time in his career (2004, 2013) and become the only player in NFL history to pass for at least 40 touchdowns in three separate seasons.

San Diego tight end Antonio Gates has 9,947 receiving yards and 99 touchdowns in his 12-year career.

Gates’ 99 career touchdown catches are tied for ninth in NFL history and with one on Sunday at Kansas City, he would tie Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve largent and Tim Brown for seventh all-time. Gates can also join Tony Gonzalez as the only tight ends in NFL history with 100 touchdown receptions.

With 53 receiving yards on Sunday, Gates can join Gonzalez, Jason Witten and Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe as the only tight ends in NFL history with at least 10,000 career receiving yards.

New England Patriots tight end Rob GronkowskiI has caught 82 passes for 1,124 yards and 12 touchdowns this season.

With 76 receiving yards on Sunday against Buffalo, Gronkowski, who had 1,327 receiving yards in 2011, can join Tony Gonzalez and Jimmy Graham as the only tight ends in NFL history with multiple 1,200-yard receiving seasons.

New York Giants rookie wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. has 90 or more receiving yards in each of his past eight games.

With at least 90 receiving yards on Sunday against Philadelphia, Beckham can join Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin (1995) as the only players in NFL history to have at least 90 receiving yards in nine consecutive games.

New York Giants rookie wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. and Miami rookie wide receiver Jarvis Landry lead all NFL rookies with 79 receptions each. With five receptions in Week 17, both players can surpass Earl Cooper for the fifth-most receptions in a season by a rookie.

Beckham and Landry, who were college teammates at Louisiana State, can also become the first rookies from the same college to lead their team in receptions in the same season since the 1970 merger.